5,054 NYC Properties Filed Bedbug Reports in Every Calendar Year Since 2021
Published August 16, 2026. Based on NYC HPD Bedbug Reporting records filed from January 1, 2021 through July 14, 2026.
RentReboot found 5,054 NYC tax lots with at least one bedbug report filed in every calendar year from 2021 through 2026. That sounds alarming until you understand what the list measures: annual filing activity, not six straight years of bedbug infestations.
Most filings in the public dataset report zero infested dwelling units. A building can appear here because its owner filed consistently. Use the free address search below to see its filing count, how many filings reported at least one infested unit, and the latest reporting period—then verify the current record in HPD Online.
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What being on this list means
NYC’s Bedbug Reporting dataset contains owner-submitted annual reports. Each record represents a filing. The city notes that when a property submits twice for the same reporting period, the second filing is the active final submission.
For this list, a property qualifies when its BBL appears in all six calendar filing years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and the partial 2026 period through July 14. It does not mean:
- bedbugs were present every year;
- six separate infestations occurred;
- a current apartment has bedbugs; or
- every unit was affected.
The “filings reporting infestation” field is the more relevant first screen. It counts filings where the owner reported at least one infested dwelling unit. Even that is historical, building-level, self-reported information—not a live inspection.
Why some buildings have more than six filings
The search may show more than six filings even though the window covers six calendar years. Owners can submit more than one record in a year, correct a filing, or file for a reporting period on a different calendar schedule.
That is why we count calendar years separately from total filings. A building with 10 filings and zero filings reporting infestation tells a very different story from a building with six filings that all report one or more infested units.
How to investigate a matching address
Use this order so you do not mistake a historical signal for a current condition:
- Match the address, BIN, and BBL in the search result.
- Open HPD Online and search the exact address.
- Review bedbug reports, complaints, and violations separately; they are different records.
- Ask for the completed New York State DBB-N bedbug disclosure before signing.
- If a recent filing reported infestation, ask when treatment occurred, whether adjoining apartments were inspected, and whether follow-up found activity.
A responsive owner may have more documentation precisely because management treated and disclosed a problem. A blank-looking history is not a guarantee: conditions can be unreported, occur after the reporting period, or sit under a mismatched address.
What renters should ask in writing
Keep the question tied to the record:
“The building’s public bedbug history shows [number] filings reporting at least one infested unit, most recently filed on [date]. Please provide the current DBB-N disclosure and confirm when the affected area was treated, whether adjacent units were inspected, and the result of the follow-up.”
Save the disclosure and answer with the lease. If the public record, disclosure, and management’s explanation do not agree, pause and ask for clarification before sending move-in funds.
How we measured this
We analyzed HPD Bedbug Reporting records filed from January 1, 2021 through July 14, 2026. We grouped records by BBL, NYC’s tax-lot identifier, and retained BBLs appearing in all six calendar years. The result is 5,054 property records. One tax lot can contain more than one building, so this is not a literal count of physical structures.
The search shows the most recent address attached to each BBL, total filings in the window, and the count where the owner-reported infested dwelling-unit field was greater than zero. It does not sum reported units because that field contains extreme values that are not reliable for a citywide total.
Address formats, BBLs, and filings can change. A missing search result means only that the building did not meet this guide’s six-calendar-year filter in our August 15 snapshot. It is not a clean bill of health.
Questions renters ask
Does six years of filings mean six years of bedbugs? No. Annual filing is required for covered multiple dwellings. Check how many filings actually reported at least one infested unit.
Why does 2026 count if the year is incomplete? This is a calendar filing-year analysis through July 14, 2026. It is not six complete reporting periods.
Can the tool identify the affected apartment? No. The public annual dataset is building-level. Request the DBB-N disclosure for apartment- and floor-level history covered by that form.
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